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human evolution

Eximipriapulus reconstruction

Life

Penis worms had hermit crab-like defence system 530 million years ago

More than half a billion years ago, tiny penis worms had learned to protect themselves by grabbing and living inside snail-like shells, like hermit crabs do today

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Brainless sponges have cells that might be the precursors of neurons

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Brainless sponges have cells that might be the precursors of neurons

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horned adder (Bitis caudalis), photographed in Namibia

Life

Vipers evolved either nose or eye horns depending on their habitat

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Male Indri (Indri indri)

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Haunting lemur songs have a rhythm similar to human music

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A family of tuskless elephants

Life

Female African elephants evolved to lose tusks due to ivory poaching

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turtle

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Australia's unusual western swamp turtle is an oddity under threat

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2C72R3H Rock carvings from the bronze age with a scene where two men with dogs and spears hunting a huge wild boar. One of the dogs is dead. The carvings are

Humans

Why the ancestors of dogs were our colleagues not friends

Culture

T. rex with feathers: China’s fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story

Life

T. rex with feathers: China’s fossils are rewriting the dinosaur story

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3d illustration of blood cells and Plasmodium sp. parasite

Health

Parasite evolution is making it harder to detect and treat malaria

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Wild chimpanzee walking through a forest

Life

How our ape ancestors suddenly lost their tails 25 million years ago

Why don't humans have tails? A comparison of the genomes of apes and monkeys has revealed the mutation that caused the ancestors of apes to lose these appendages, a change that did not happen gradually but all at once

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Health

Covid-19 news archive: July to September 2021

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Humans

The microbial gunk that hardens on teeth is revealing our deep past

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Life

Some animals are evolving new body shapes as the climate changes

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Humans

Rapidly evolving bits of DNA helped develop the human brain

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